The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-12-01
Pson,s,r,oM CONVENTION.
The Main Business Wac the Adop.
tlon Of an Address to the Peo-

ton OF an ADDRESS 10 the Peo-
pie.
About two hundred delegates were pres
ent at the State Prohibition ConN ention
in Minneapolis. The convention was call.
ed to order by Rev. J. p. Pinkham, chair
man OF the state committee. Hon. Noah
Lathrop was made temporary chairman
and w. w. Satterlee temporary secretary.
A committee on resolutions was ap-
pointed consisting OF w. w. Satterlee, j..
p. Pinkham, G. Il. Holt, N. p. Lind, Proi
Farnham, w. Peterson, M. Rut, Mrs.
Hobart, Mrs. Knox and Mrs. Elliott. The
committee ON nomination reported as
follows:
President, Noah Lathrop, Northfield;
vice president, Mrs. G. Hobart, Red Wing
second vice president, w. B. Ladd, Mime
apolis; secretary, q. N. Woodward: assist
ant, w. Dennis.
The report of the committee on Resolu.
tions was in the form OF long address.
The first part OF the address was occupied
with setting forth tho evils OF the liquor
traffic (which have reached such a magni-
tude and degree of destructiveness that
they threaten the foundations OF govern
ment, society and the home" Not the
least of these evils is the corrupt use Of
money to influence elections and legisla-
tion. The latter part Of the address was
occupied with o consideration OF the
remedy.
AND THIS Is THE REMEDY.
The saloon, it set forth, has entered pol.
itics with its own methods and weapons.
1t has allied itself with the two old parties
and to-day rules them with a rod OF iron.
While thousands OF voters in both the old
parties are hostile to the licensed saloons.
their voice is silenced, their wishes ignored
and they vote the ticket dictated largely
by the liquor dealers, their paid attorneys
and subsidized newspapers. We submit in
all candor that the prospect OF obtain
ing prohibition OF the saloon traffic,
either in Minnesota or in the nation,
through the agency OF either OF the old
political parties, is delusive. The Demo.
era tic leaders make no pretensions in that
direction, while the Republican leaders,
for the most part, make nothing but PIE
tense. In consideration OF these facts and
standing to the doctrine that the salo on
system as it exists in the United States
ought to be abolished and prohibited ly
constitutional and legislative enactments,
we therefore pledge ourselves anew to the
maintenance OF the Prohibition party
as absolutely essential both to the
establishment Of prohibitory law and it's
enforcement. We assert without fear ol
successful contradiction that the professed
attempt to lessen intemperance and vice
by restricting sales under the highest law,
is practically a failure. The diminution
OF dram shops is scarcely appreciable,
while those remaining paying a high Ii.
cense, have an abundant opportunity to
increase their sales. make more drnnkards,
and cause an increase Of pauperism, crime,
and public expense. The principle in Ii.
consing q public evil is itself fundamentally
wrong. We believe that local option
as advocated by the old parties is a
delusion and snare, wrong in principle and
in practice q failure. II local option
be correct in principle. why not
submit polygamy to the voters ol
each town in Utah? Why not submit
gambling to the voters OF each city? Why
not vote at each election on licensing for
money all other crimes known to modern
civilization? The issue can never be per.
pose to fight it out on the prohibition line
If it takes lifetime. We maintain that
the entire prohibition OF the saloon traffic
is q principle sound in law and ethics and
practically possible-the first PROPOSE
ton having been sustained by the
highest tribunals and the record proven
not only by experience and the direct
testimony OF eminent men, but by the
writings of the rum power ITSELF That
the governmental power to abate the al
cohol nuisance without compensation to
owner is, and Of right ought to be, as in.
herent and patent in the people as the
right to abate a slaughter house or soap
factory without compensation.
LITTLE OF EVERYTHING.
We favor the enactment OF a law to pun.
ish any voter who shall ask for or accept
a bribe for his vote or influence at any
election, and to punish any one who shall
give bribe. We fully endorse the princi-
pies of the interstate commerce law pro.
hibiting pooling and unjust determinations
between persons and localities and favor
their rigid enforcement. We favor such
legislation as will require all railroad cor
porations in this state to furnish grain
warehouses at each depot and grant
equal facilities to all persons for handling
grain. We sympathize with the farmers
and workingmen's organizations in their eli
forts to secure equal justice. We ask con-
gress to pass interstate telegraph law fol
the proper regulation of telegraph lines
and their use, whereby the public may
be served on equal terms at reasonable
rates and without discrimination. We
commend the action of the temperance
bodies of the Knights Of Labor on the pro-
hibition question. and OF the Christian
DOaTQ VINO nave 6uCOuIdScu pEOulUlUIOIi
The report finally concluded with the
statement that the Prohibition party is
the only one to meet these various
issues OF the times. Measures were taken
to complete tho organization OF the state
by congressional, senatorial and legislative
districts, counties and townships. 1t was
recommended that the campaign
OF 1888 be opened by public meetings in
every school district as well as il the
towns and cities OF the state, and $2,.
500 was raised for that purpose. The fol
lowing state central com mmittee was ap.
pointed: First district, J. r. Watkins
Winona; w. Dennis. Owatonna. Second
district, T. P. Grout, Luverne; 7. N. Dyer
Cottonwood. Third district, D. w. Ed
wards. LIE Sueur; N. Lathrop, Dakota
Fourth, w. Peterson and R. P. Lupton,
Hennepin. Fifth. ]. w. Earl, Otter Tail
J. B. Stevens, Becker. At large j. p
Pinkham, G.. F. Wells, Hugh Harrison,
Prof. Reinstadt, c. w. Woodward.
Charles w. Slayton entered suit at St
Paul, against Close, Bros. & Co., to brins
about accounting of profits derived from q